I just spent about an hour trying carefully to get the screen out of my 2007 xc-70 reservoir. I was looking for a special lock or some trick. But no. You simply have to use a couple of small screw drivers and/or some needle nose pliers to get it out. You might think it is keyed when you look careful...

Thanks, Oro. But since the outer pad slides with the the caliper, wouldn't the critical part that would allow the pad to release be the sliding mechanism? In my case, that would be the 2 pins, wouldn't it? Even though it still seems to work fine, I'm still uncomfortable that the pad has no wiggle ro...

Dear Matthews, I did a front rotor and pad job on my 2007 Volvo XC-70 yesterday and I ran into an issue I have never experienced in prior brake jobs on this car. I was using Akebono pads. Passenger side went fine. But the driver's side outside brake pad would not fit in the caliper. It was very clos...